Which is more profitable, Adobe or Qualcomm?

Qualcomm keeps more of every sale as profit.

Which grows faster, Adobe or Qualcomm?

Adobe grew its sales faster in recent years.

Which is cheaper, Adobe or Qualcomm?

Adobe costs less for each unit of yearly profit (lower P/E).

Which has less debt, Adobe or Qualcomm?

Adobe would need fewer years of earnings to pay off its debt.

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QualcommQCOM

Adobe vs Qualcomm stock

Side by side in plain words: who keeps more of its sales, grows faster, costs less and owes less.

In one sentence

Adobe grows faster, is cheaper for its profits and has less debt. Qualcomm is more profitable.

Side by side

	Adobe	Qualcomm
	$94.6 billion	$185 billion
	30.0%	31.6%
	+13.1%	+5.1%
	13.3×	13.5×
	0.1 years	0.9 years
	39.9%	30.0%
	–	1.5%

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How we compare

Four contests with the same rules as each stock page: profit kept from sales (higher wins), yearly sales growth across the last reports, up to five years (higher wins), price per unit of yearly profit (lower P/E wins; a company without profit loses) and debt in years of earnings (lower wins). A winner is only named when both companies have the number.

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